From the other side

Occasionally my step dad yells stupid comments to my mom when she's on the phone. "I can't find my socks" "when's dinner?" "stupid dog - get him outside" As if my mom doesn't have enough on her plate. I'm sure she loves babysitting a 65 year old man. (apparently it doesn't bother her enough b/c she's still married to him)

Last night as my mom and I were chatting I hear him yell something to her. She snorts and I ask what he just said.

He wants to know if the next time you get married he can walk you down the aisle. He thinks he's good luck.

Tell him HELL NO

To my stepfather "I don't think she's going to be getting married anytime soon."

And tell him even if I was that there wouldn't be chance in hell that I'd let him walk me down the aisle.



**He's an a$$. I know I've already told you this before but I love using it as an example. One week after leaving my ex husband he told me "well perhaps you weren't satisfying him sexually and that's why he cheated on you"

Reason #29 I like that place

The boss offers you a beer/wine/Mike's lemonade at 1:30 in the afternoon on a Friday b/c he'd been working hard and declared it "miller time"


(we normally don't keep that much alcohol around. We were stocked for the company BBQ that evening)

Older by almost eight years

So far (with less than a week into it) I'm loving summer. I know, I know, it technically isn't summer. But it is for those of us in school.

And I have the best work/school schedule ever complete with two days (Tuesday and Thursday) "off" from work. Technically I'm working from home one of those - but I'm home, in comfy clothes and not in the office!

My first (of four) summer classes started on Monday. They work on a 3 semester summer schedule. Which means each class meets 2 hours daily for only 4 weeks. It goes by fairly quickly and as much as I don't care for sitting in a classroom that long (next "semester" I'm taking two classes back-to-back; which will undoubtedly suck!) I know I can do anything for a month.

My teacher for this particular class is young. Which I'm getting used to b/c HEY I'm not a typical college kid and DUH some might be younger than me.

But I never thought they'd be young enough that I could have been their babysitter.

My deep love for all things hippo

I have a little over 4 hours before I take my last spring final. And...I should be studying b/c holy hannah if there's ever a test to really prepare for, it should be the one that is made up of the same questions that will be on the CPA*exam.

But

I'm distracted. By a million different things (an entry to follow later this week... next week.... sometime soon)

So I googled myself (Come on like you've never done it)

And unknown to me
* I am vice president of a sorority in a town 50 miles away (like yeah, TOTALLY)
* As a teenager I won beauty pageants in a few southern states
* Ran a bunch of 5k's and one half marathon (these are actually true)
* But the winner is - I post to a "I love hippos" chat group through AOL

hangin' with the kids that can't drink

It's finals week! I'm officially one third of the way through this week. Second final 6pm tonight and the doozie of all finals is Thursday afternoon.

Not quite sure why I'm so excited b/c a week from today I'll be back in school for the summer. But hey, the worst of the worst will be over and summer school is a whole different atmosphere. Dare I say I enjoy it.

I'll be writing more frequently this summer. Pinkie promise


Till then - take care!


PS - the title of this entry came about during a late afternoon study group. We had broken off on a tangent and the graduate student of the group asked me when I graduated high school. Turns out my high school reunion was the same year most of the group actually graduated from high school. Some aren't even of legal drinking age.